More people being convicted of federal crimes in north Alabama
Updated: Jan. 8, 2020 at 7:02 PM CST
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - More people are being convicted of federal crimes across north Alabama.
Federal officials say the amount of people sentenced to prison in 2019 is the highest ever recorded.
U.S. Attorney Jay Town says offenders are also getting longer sentences.
According to the Justice Department, 706 people were prosecuted during fiscal 2019. Those people were sentenced to an average of at least 61 months. Two hundred and eighty-one of those sentences were for violent crimes.
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